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By Ilya Spivak |
May 7, 2012
Commodities are under pressure in European hours trade as markets respond to over-the-weekend news that Socialist candidate Francois Hollande beat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy to become the next President of France.
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By Peter Schiff |
May 4, 2012
Putting on our investor's cap, the way to take advantage of the hastening decline of the world's second currency is to gain exposure to its oldest form of money – precious metals. Major European banks are reporting increasing outflows from euros into gold.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
April 24, 2012
Gold has been trading mostly sideways in Asia and within a narrow eight point spread. In European trading it remains near the close seen in New York yesterday.
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By Ben Traynor |
April 23, 2012
Gold bullion prices fell to $1,630 per ounce during Monday morning's London trading – 2.3% down on where they started the month – while stock markets and industrial commodities also sold off following the release of preliminary Chinese manufacturing data.
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By Jason Simpkins |
March 30, 2012
Uranium stocks got hammered last year in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. But now, roughly one year later, uranium mining stocks have finally begun to bounce back... just like we told you they would.
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By Ben Traynor |
January 31, 2012
Gold bullion prices were headed for their biggest calendar month gain this century by Tuesday lunchtime in London. Gold prices hit $1745 per ounce – just shy of 14% higher than the dollar gold bullion price set at the last London Fix of 2011.
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By Ben Traynor |
January 16, 2012
Spot gold rose to a high of $1,647 per ounce Monday morning in London - 0.8% below last week's peak - while stocks and commodities were broadly flat as markets absorbed Friday's news of cuts to nine Eurozone sovereign credit ratings.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
January 10, 2012
Gold has risen for the first time in three days. Asian stocks and the euro also gained today before Germany's Merkel meets with the IMF's Lagarde in Berlin, a day after meeting France's Sarkozy on the Greek and euro-zone debt.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
November 10, 2011
Gold is 0.3% lower in US dollars and 0.5% lower in euros. Gold again experienced weakness due to volatility and weakness in global stock markets. However, this weakness is likely to be temporary.
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By Ben Traynor |
October 27, 2011
The gold price rose to $1,725 per ounce Thursday lunchtime in London - 5.1% above where it started the week - following a mid-morning dip. Silver prices continued to see-saw around $33.50 per ounce - 6.7% up for the week so far.